Background
He was born on 27 January 1972 in Arena.
He was born on 27 January 1972 in Arena.
He played college football at Southern University and attended Woodrow Wilson High School in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Sparrow played high school football for the Woodrow Wilson High School Presidents. Sparrow recorded career totals of 78 touchdown passes and 5,182 career passing yards. Sparrow played for the Norfolk State Spartans from 1992 to 1995.
He recorded 617 completions, 1,119 attempts, 8,758 passing yards and 79 Territorial Decoration passes in his college career.
He was Named to the Football Gazette Division II All-America Team as a junior in 1994, when he passed for 3,212 yards and 31 touchdowns while completing what was then a school record 59.8 percent of his passes. Sparrow was also named 1st team Football Gazette and 3rd Team Associated Press All-American as a senior.
He was inducted into the Norfolk State University Athletics Hall of Fame in 2009. Sparrow played for the Grand Rapids Rampage in 1998, recording two touchdowns passes.
Sparrow signed with the Carolina Cobras on November 27, 2001, recording fourteen touchdown passes on 595 yards during the 2002 Arena Football League season.
He was released by the Cobras on November 2, 2002.
